Financial Abundance

Each year, especially around the New Year, I see or hear many people looking for ways to gain financial abundance.

There is nothing wrong with wanting more money. It allows us to do things we were a bit more limited in doing previously.

You'll see hundreds of articles written and programs offered to teach you how to reach this goal. Many programs put out teaser tag lines: "For just $97 (or whatever the amount may be) my program will teach you how to increase your financial abundance." Some programs may offer some great lessons, however, a lot of them play on the prospective buyer's emotions and deliver little while the seller increases their abundance.

With that being said, there's nothing wrong with putting your creative skills to work and making an income. In fact I highly encourage a lot of my clients to get creative with their skills and see all of the options around them for generating their own income. However, we also need to make sure the way we run our business, and even our general daily life, that it lines up with our values and is ecologically good for our community. Be aware of key words that are used when offers for products or services are provided. What are you hoping to achieve versus what is being offered or promised?

You can make money through whatever avenue you can dream up and increase your financial abundance. Start with deciding what your ultimate goal is for increasing your wealth.

If we say, "I want more money." Then if someone gives you $5 you have reached your goal. You are now $5 richer than you were a moment ago. You weren't specific how much money you needed to obtained your goal. "I want to make "x" by "y" so I can do/have "z".

Do you really want to know how to gain financial abundance?

~ Discover your passion and purpose for life!

~ Be unique!

~ Follow your heart!

It's also good to know why you want more wealth. What do you intend to achieve with it? Replace a car that you've been milking along. Buy a house. Or perhaps your goal is to start or help a certain charity achieve a goal you are passionate about.

Finally, it's important to look at your mindset and emotionals around money. If you believe that all wealthy people are greedy, then you may need to work through this belief. If you have always lived a life of scarcity, then you may want to see what patterns need to change to open up the trickle of your cash flow to more of a steady flow.

Remember, everything we want to achieve takes action. Yes, we can say affirmations/mantras/prayers all day long and this may bring some change. However, to truly manifest your goal will take some (or perhaps a lot) of elbow grease. What would you like to create to achieve financial abundance? Now draw up a plan. Next, put that plan into ACTION!

Be true to yourself, your values and watch how the universe conspires to bring your heart's desire when you allow your energy to flow!

And above all, be in gratitude for what you have right now. Expressing gratitude creates a positive energy flow.

Now go and get started on creating your amazing

financial abundance for this year!!

Are You Playing Small?

I have spent the better share of my life being extremely analytical and a planner.  Not necessarily bad qualities until they hamper your progress.  Sometimes we can get so held down by this process that it takes us forever to simply take some action.

After spending 3 lovely months in Lyons, CO, I came away with many beautiful and life changing insights.  There is no room in life for playing small or being afraid of making a mistake.  I seen a post on Facebook recently that really resonated with me, "I've learned so much from my mistakes, I think I'll make a few more."  Sometimes our best insights and opportunities come from our mistakes.  Yet all too often we allow fear to grip us with worry of failure.  We live in a society that teaches from the time we are children that failing is bad.  Why is this?  Failing is only "bad" if we refuse to learn from our failure and try again.  Thomas Edison said, "I have not failed.  I just found 10,000 ways it didn't work."  Absolutely brilliant!!  

Many people freeze up with just the idea of having to take a test or quiz.  Is this because they don't know the material?  Typically that's not the case.  Many people that take an exam freeze up with fear of failure even though they know the subject matter, however, it's the pending end result of receiving one of those words "pass" or "fail" that tends to grip them.  I've seen many situations where these people are asked the same questions in conversation style and they are able to nail the answers with ease.  

So, before this year ends and the New Year begins, I have decided to stop worrying about making a mistake and how much it will cost me.  In the long run it tends to cost us a lot more by standing on the sidelines waiting for the "right opportunity" or information.  Just go out, do it, and calibrate on your results!

Dream It!  Do It!  Live It!